Level Up!: The Guide to Great Video Game Design

Title: Level Up!: The Guide to Great Video Game Design Author: Scott Rogers This book was my first dive into the field of game design when I knew very little about it. I’m really glad I chose this book as my starting point because it explains many key concepts...

Review of Henning Nelms’s Magic and Showmanship (1969)

Cover of Magic and Showmanship: A Handbook for Conjurers by Henning Nelms, 1969, Dover Books. Title: Magic and ShowmanshipAuthor: Henning Nelms Collection Notes: I’d been recommended Magic and Showmanship multiple times over the years as a fascinating alternate...

The Warlock and the Unicorn

Title: The Warlock and the UnicornAuthor: Deborah Lerme Goodman Collection Notes: The Warlock and the Unicorn is a choose your own adventure book by author Deborah Lerme Goodman. The book follows a young girl as she tries to save her town of Flanders from a warlock...

Serious Play – Literacy, Learning, and Digital Games

Title: Serious Play – Literacy, Learning, and Digital GamesAuthor: Catherine Beavis, Michael Dezuanni, Joanne O’Mara Collection Notes: Serious Play is a book that was created as an outcome of a research project of the same name. The book provides a highly...

Blood, Sweat And Pixels

Author: Jason Shreier Collection Notes: The Unsung heroes behind the games that make you feel heroic. The struggles and the achievements of the industry pioneers and the change that the industry calls for. -Shubham Sharma Availability: Outside LinkURL:...

Watch me play : Twitch and the rise of game live streaming

Title: Watch me play : Twitch and the rise of game live streamingAuthor: T. L. Taylor Collection Notes: In 2011, during an era when social media was reshaping gaming, Twitch was founded. To this day, game streaming has become one of the most widely embraced forms of...